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Jeehyun Lim
9/17/21
#UBuffalo Associate Professor of English Jeehyun Lim's chapter, "Cross-racial Solidarities and Asian American Literature," appears in , 1965–1996. In her contribution to this important new collection she examines cross-racial solidarities in #asianamerican literature through three flashpoints: post-civil rights reckonings of Japanese American incarceration, cultural nationalism, and the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising. To learn more, please visit https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108920605
Digital Humanities
9/17/21
The #UBuffalo Minor in #digitalhumanities seeks to equip students with critical thinking and technological skills, while providing hands on experiences through workshops and internships where students can apply what they are learning in the classroom to projects on campus and in the community. The minor is open to students from all majors. For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.buffalo.edu/.../underg.../digital-humanities.html
Buffalo Humanities Festival
9/17/21
This Saturday and Sunday: Let’s imagine better, more equitable, life-affirming futures—together. Join us at Silo City as we gather scholars, creators, activists, and our local communities to explore progressive visions from the past in order to illuminate our own utopian horizons. https://buffalohumanities.org
"Reading Indigeneity in ninteenth-century British Guiana"
9/16/21
Rachel Ablow
9/14/21
Many congratulations to #UBuffalo Professor of English Rachel Ablow, who has been named the new editor of the #Victorian Age volume of the Norton Anthology of English Literature!
Carine Mardorossian
9/13/21
#UBuffalo Department of English and UB Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies Professor Carine Mardorossian has contributed a chapter on the renowned Haitian-American novelist and short story writer Edwidge Danticat to the . Visit https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/bloomsbury-handbook-to-edwidge-danticat-9781350123540/ to learn more about her chapter, which is entitled "'Aha!': Danticat and Creolization."
Tanya Shilina-Conte
9/12/21
More congratulations are in order for #UBuffalo English Professor Dr. Tanya Shilina-Conte! Her article, "Silence as Elective Mutism in Minor Cinema," appears in the latest issue of -. Focusing on the use of silence in #GlobalCinema by film characters, she explores the experimental potential of "elective mutism" in works like Elia Suleiman’s Palestinian quartet. Check out the full text, which is available online: https://www.euppublishing.com/.../10.3366/film.2021.0165
Tanya Shilina-Conte
9/11/21
Congratulations to Department of English Assistant Professor Tanya Shilina-Conte, whose article on #GlobalCinema, "Phone Footage and the Social Media Image as Global Anonymous Cinema: Ana Nyma’s (Anonyme) (2011) and Peter Snowdon’s (2013)," has just been published in ! To read the full text, please visit https://framescinemajournal.com/.../phone-footage-and.../
Emerita Barbara Bono Urban Farm Day Tour
9/10/21
#UBuffalo Department of English Professor Emerita Barbara Bono features in an article about the Urban Farm Day tour of farms. The event raises awareness about the benefits and importance of urban agriculture in the City of Buffalo.
James Holstun's Talk for UB Gender Institute
9/10/21
Department of English Professor Jim Holstun will speak on Thursday, September 23 as part of the UB Gender Institute's Feminist Research Alliance. In his talk, "Big Red Books: Simone de Beauvoir, Nawal el Saadawi, and Social Reproduction Theory," Professor Holstun will explore the affinities between Simone de Beauvoir’s (1949) and Nawal el Saadawi’s

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